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LudwigPastorius

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11. I don't get it.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:54 AM

Tuesday

Somebody goes to the trouble to colorize and post a clip of the Glen Miller band playing this tune, but the underlying soundtrack is a cover version by somebody called "The Serious Dance Band".

Here is the original version of the song:

You can tell that THIS is the Glenn Miller Orch. because 1) It's a mono recording, 2) the vibrato is specifically correct for that era, and 3) the soloists are improvising and not playing a written out transcription (with wrong notes) like the colorized "Glen Miller" version.

Here is The Serious Dance Band:

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